Karun Nair slams maiden 200, joins Vinod Kambli, Dilip Sardesai

After a brilliant 199 from KL Rahul, Karun Nair got to the landmark of 200 runs. Nair scored his double-hundred in only his third Test innings.

Karun Nair is the quicket Indian in terms of innings since debut to have scored a 200 © IANS

The fifth and final Test between India and England at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai turned out to be special for the new guns of the Indian side. After a brilliant 199 from KL Rahul, Karun Nair got to the landmark of 200 runs. Nair scored his double-hundred in only his third Test innings. No Indian has reached the landmark sooner in his Test career. With the innings, Nair not only helped India maintain their command in the series but also emulated Dilip Sardesai and Vinod Kambli — the other two Indians to have converted their maiden Test tons to double-hundreds.

Sardesai was the first Indian to have done this. His double-hundred came against New Zealand in 1964-65 at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay (now Mumbai). His unbeaten 200 (in his 26th innings) helped India draw the Test after being asked to follow-on. The other instance came from Vinod Kambli, who took only 4 Test innings since debut to make his maiden Test century to a double-hundred playing against England at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay. Kambli scored 224 that powered India to pile on 536 and helped India win the Test by an innings and 13 runs. Karun has now surpassed both Sardesai and Kambli. His was the 37th instance in the history of Test cricket.

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Here is the full list of cricketers who have achieved such a feat:

Player	Runs	Team	Against	Venue	Season
Syd Gregory	201	Australia	England	SCG	1894-95
Tip Foster	287	England	Australia	SCG	1903-04
Wally Hammond	251	England	Australia	SCG	1928-29
Dudley Nourse	231	South Africa	Australia	Old Wanderers	1935-36
Eddie Paynter	216*	England	Australia	Trent Bridge	1938
Bill Edrich	219	England	South Africa	Kingsmead	1938-39
Sid Barnes	234	Australia	England	SCG	1946-47
Martin Donnelly	206	New Zealand	England	Lord’s	1949
Jackie McGlew	255*	South Africa	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1952-53
Denis Atkinson	219	West Indies	Australia	Kensington Oval	1955
Imtiaz Ahmed	209	Pakistan	New Zealand	Lahore	1955-56
Garry Sobers	365*	West Indies	Pakistan	Sabina Park	1957-58
Rohan Kanhai	256	West Indies	India	Eden Gardens	1958-59
Bobby Simpson	311	Australia	England	Old Trafford	1964
Dilip Sardesai	200*	India	New Zealand	Brabourne	1964-65
Seymour Nurse	201	West Indies	Australia	Kensington Oval	1965
Zaheer Abbas	274	Pakistan	England	Edgbaston	1971
Lawrence Rowe	214	West Indies	New Zealand	Sabina Park	1971-72
David Lloyd	214*	England	India	Edgbaston	1974
Faoud Bacchus	250	West Indies	India	Kanpur	1978-79
Taslim Arif	210*	Pakistan	Australia	Faisalabad	1979-80
Dean Jones	210	Australia	India	Chepauk	1986-87
Brendon Kuruppu	201*	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	CCC Ground	1986-87
Aamer Sohail	205	Pakistan	England	Old Trafford	1992
Brian Lara	277	West Indies	Australia	SCG	1992-93
Vinod Kambli	224	India	England	Wankhede	1992-93
Grant Flower	201*	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Harare	1994-95
Sherwin Campbell	208	West Indies	New Zealand	Kensington Oval	1995-96
Herschelle Gibbs	211*	South Africa	New Zealand	Christchurch	1998-99
Mathew Sinclair	214	New Zealand	West Indies	Basin Reserve	1999-00
Graeme Smith	200	South Africa	Bangladesh	East London	2002-03
Jacques Rudolph	222*	South Africa	Bangladesh	Chittagong	2002-03
Robert Key	221	England	West Indies	Lord’s	2004
Brad Hodge	203*	Australia	South Africa	WACA	2005-06
Jason Gillespie	201*	Australia	Bangladesh	Chittagong	2005-06
Karun Nair	226*	India	England	Chepauk	2016-17